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Sterling Care Bel Air

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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410 East Mcphail Road,
Bel Air MD 21014

(410) 838-7810

86.38% estimated occupancy 1

Sterling Care Bel Air is located in Bel Air, Maryland. The city has a total of 63,810 people. This nursing home is a well below average nursing home. A grade of this caliber suggests we found some red flags. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Bel Air. The city has just one other nursing home. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's profile, feel free to continue reading to learn more about its category scores. We discuss inspections in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

While we didn't give this place a good overall grade, we actually gave it a relatively strong grade in the category of inspections, where it received a B+. Arguably the most important factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. It is typically in your best interest to avoid facilities that have too many severe deficiencies. While this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This facilities second most favorable area is long-term care. We awarded it a grade of B- in this category. This is essentially a middle of the road score in this category. If you are looking for services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care grades. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 94.2446 percent of its patients. This place also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Unfortunately, this nursing home's next highest category is short-term care. However, with a grade of D in this category, it still performed relatively badly. In determining these short-term care scores, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our goal is to create a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that just 4.9 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

The next area we looked at is nursing. It received an abysmal F for this area, which is a rock bottom grade. When determining our nursing ratings, we look at both staffing levels and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This place provided a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is well below average. Unfortunately, this facility also had terrible marks in some of the quality-based metrics to pair with its weak nursing hours. We looked at the percentage of residents suffering pressure ulcers and we were disappointed. This nursing home was at roughly 150 percent of the national average in this statistic.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Sterling Care Bel Air Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Sterling Care Bel Air, 10.03% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Sterling Care Bel Air, 2.64% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are often linked to poor nursing care. More supervision reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Sterling Care Bel Air, 4.17% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term care residents which have suffered from UTI's. UTI's could be an indication of lower quality nursing care. However, this metric could be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Sterling Care Bel Air, 7.61% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Sterling Care Bel Air, 9.36% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of long-term stay patients taking antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Sterling Care Bel Air, 4.44% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term residents demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Sterling Care Bel Air, 94.01% of Patients

This is the percent of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Sterling Care Bel Air, 15.18% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Sterling Care Bel Air, 28.79% of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility. Some experts argue that mobility is critical to residents' mental and physical health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Sterling Care Bel Air, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is key to preserving the physical health of patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Sterling Care Bel Air, 28.79% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Sterling Care Bel Air, 11.12% of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Sterling Care Bel Air, 68.83% of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.04 miles away500 Upper Chesapeake Drive Bel Air Maryland 21014Voluntary non-profit - Other(443) 643-3303
  • University of Md Harford Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.87 miles away501 South Union Avenue Havre De Grace Maryland 21078Voluntary non-profit - Private(443) 643-3303
  • Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.83 miles away9000 Franklin Square Drive Rosedale Maryland 21237Voluntary non-profit - Private(443) 777-7850
  • University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 17.92 miles away7601 Osler Drive Towson Maryland 21204Voluntary non-profit - Private(410) 337-1000
  • Medstar Good Samaritan HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.12 miles away5601 Loch Raven Boulevard Baltimore Maryland 21239Voluntary non-profit - Other(443) 444-3902
  • Greater Baltimore Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.38 miles away6701 North Charles Street Towson Maryland 21204Voluntary non-profit - Private(443) 849-2000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita - Belair2.43 miles away2225 Old Emmorton Rd Ste 100 Bel Air Maryland 21015CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (410) 515-2078
  • Forest Landing Dialysis3.89 miles away2220 Commerce Ave Ste 1 Forest Hill Maryland 21050Dialysis Stations: 24 (410) 638-6020
  • Davita Edgewood Dialysis6.3 miles away1415 S. Mountain Rd Suite 105 Joppa Maryland 21085Dialysis Stations: 16 (410) 671-6059
  • Aberdeen Dialysis7.81 miles away780 W Bel Air Ave Aberdeen Maryland 21001CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (410) 273-9333
  • Fmc of Porter Dialysis - White Marsh12.97 miles away8013 Corporate Dr Ste K Nottingham Maryland 21236Dialysis Stations: 19 (410) 931-2478
  • Fmc of Porter Dialysis - Rosedale14.21 miles away5235 King Ave Suite 110 & 112 Rosedale Maryland 21237Dialysis Stations: 18 (410) 918-0991
  • Fresenius Kidney Care Nashua Court14.79 miles away3 Nashua Court Suite H Essex Maryland 21221Dialysis Stations: 21 (410) 686-1279
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Cromwell15.11 miles away8710 Emge Rd Parkville Maryland 21234Dialysis Stations: 6 (410) 661-0801